Showing posts with label DSAMT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DSAMT. Show all posts
Sunday, March 25, 2012
DSAMT Egg Hunt- 2012
This afternoon we went up to "Dragon Park" in Nashville for the annual DSAMT Egg Hunt. It's always great to get together with friends and Etta had fun playing on the playground and hunting for eggs. Her favorite part? The lolipop that Daddy gave her, of course! :)
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Buddy Walk 2011
The silver lining in going past my due date was that we were able to make it out to Buddy Walk this year! (I was 41weeks 1 day). It was just the three of us. We wanted to just keep it low key, no big team. Especially since we weren't even sure if we'd make it. I was SO glad we got to go and celebrate Down syndrome and see our friends and maybe walk myself into labor. We sort of joined a few of our teams and walked together.
One of the VERY best parts of making it to Buddy Walk was that our friends The Slattery's (who moved away to South Carolina about a year and a half ago) were coming back to Nashville for the weekend to attend Buddy Walk!! It was SO great to see them! Julia and I did this slow-motion running toward each other movie-type hug. And I cried and she did too. Their daughter Piper is SUCH a big girl now and they even have a new little, Finley, who I was thrilled to meet! I sure miss them!
Anyway, a bunch of us walked together for the one mile walk around the pond at Centennial Park. It was actually a VERY slow walk and it turned out there was a promotional truck parked along the way giving out Dr. Pepper 10's slowing everyone down. Etta was the most frustrated with this slow pace. She was ready to go Go GO! But it was still nice. The weather could not have been more perfect.
By the time we got to the finish line, Etta was DONE! We actually thought her meltdown was pretty funny...
We hung around for a bit after the walk and had lunch before heading home. And, I was EXHAUSTED!
Piper
Anyway, a bunch of us walked together for the one mile walk around the pond at Centennial Park. It was actually a VERY slow walk and it turned out there was a promotional truck parked along the way giving out Dr. Pepper 10's slowing everyone down. Etta was the most frustrated with this slow pace. She was ready to go Go GO! But it was still nice. The weather could not have been more perfect.
Piper, Lyla, Owen, Etta, and Emma
Julia and me
Suzy, Me, and Julia
41 weeks 1 day
Saturday, August 13, 2011
DSAMT Family Picnic 2011
Today was the rain date for the DSAMT Picnic that was supposed to happen earlier in the summer. Keith went canoeing and E and I headed up to the park in Nashville. Etta and I got up there at about 11:00 and I made the poor kid walk PAST the playground to the area where all of our friends were set up on their blankets. She was NOT happy about this and I decided that maybe if I let her play for a while, then MAYBE she would sit for a while so I could visit/eat. So, we headed over to the playground, but I made her stay in the play area meant for younger kids.
She did ok with this for a while, but then she started to want to wander/do her own thing. First, it was the swings that captured her attention, but before I could grab her she got knocked down by a swing. She was fine and didn't cry about this, but all of the swings were full, so this was when the first tantrum happened. She wanted to be on a swing and I wanted her away from the swings (so she wouldn't get smacked in the head again). Then, she wandered over to where the bigger play equipment was and I was SO NOT going to climb up in that thing to make sure she was safe. So, tantrum #2 happened. By now we were both hot and sweaty and she was refusing to drink and I needed to go find something to drink. I was able to redirect her back to the play structure meant for younger kids, but after she came down a slide, I realized that her skirt was wet. Great, a diaper leak!
Leading her away from the playground toward the car triggered tantrum #3, a meltdown of gigantic proportions! I literaly carried her under my arm kicking and screaming. We got to the car and I wrangled her out of her wet skirt and strapped that new diaper on her and now my poor kid was naked from the waist down. I almost just left at this point, and I probably should have, but I was feeling a little masochistic apparently. And really, I had not had a chance to visit with any of the other families yet. So, I pulled the stroller out of the back and strapped her naked ass in and gave her a cup of goldfish and the ipod and we went over to stand in the food line (which, I'm not sure what the deal was there, but it was a really long line that moved really slow). I finally fixed my plate and one of the other moms ran over to help me as I juggled my plate and drink and Etta's stroller in the grass (Thanks Dallis!). I finally sat down over on Amy's blanket with some of our other friends (thanks for sharing your blanket, Amy!) and I ate and listened to Etta randomly fussing. She was hot and tired and hungry (but refusing to eat) and thirsty (but refusing to drink) and she wanted out of her stroller to play some more. So, I ate my food and we left.
Except, I REALLY needed to pee (you know, cause pregnant people pee a lot) and the only bathroom was a port-a-potty right by our car. Another mom, Amanda, was awesome and she helped me to the car and hung out with Etta while I went to the potty (thanks again, Amanda!). Then, we blasted the a/c all the way home!
We got home at about 1:15 and I was EXHAUSTED! I changed Etta's dirty clothes and I changed out of my sweaty clothes and I put E down for a nap. She ran around her room for an hour, of course, but she eventually passed out on the floor. Once I confirmed she was asleep, I also passed out!
I woke up when Keith got back home and I told him all about how awful my morning was and how I really should have just skipped the event since he didn't go with me. Etta woke up from her nap hungry and willing to eat (YAY!). I fed her a pb&j and some other snacks and then helped Keith prep some okra for the Fry Daddy. Etta's running around in a GREAT mood now. Happy to have a full belly and be in the air conditioning.
I really do love when our DS families get together. I love visiting with my friends and meeting new families, but this was the first big event that Keith wasn't there to help watch Etta and I didn't get a chance to visit with anyone really. I thought I would be able to handle it, which is why I told him to go out to the river, but I obviously didn't handle it very well, or at all. lol. We've had a talk about it and he promises to go with me from now on (or I just won't go). ;)
Etta is patiently waiting for Delaney to go back down the slide.
Leading her away from the playground toward the car triggered tantrum #3, a meltdown of gigantic proportions! I literaly carried her under my arm kicking and screaming. We got to the car and I wrangled her out of her wet skirt and strapped that new diaper on her and now my poor kid was naked from the waist down. I almost just left at this point, and I probably should have, but I was feeling a little masochistic apparently. And really, I had not had a chance to visit with any of the other families yet. So, I pulled the stroller out of the back and strapped her naked ass in and gave her a cup of goldfish and the ipod and we went over to stand in the food line (which, I'm not sure what the deal was there, but it was a really long line that moved really slow). I finally fixed my plate and one of the other moms ran over to help me as I juggled my plate and drink and Etta's stroller in the grass (Thanks Dallis!). I finally sat down over on Amy's blanket with some of our other friends (thanks for sharing your blanket, Amy!) and I ate and listened to Etta randomly fussing. She was hot and tired and hungry (but refusing to eat) and thirsty (but refusing to drink) and she wanted out of her stroller to play some more. So, I ate my food and we left.
Except, I REALLY needed to pee (you know, cause pregnant people pee a lot) and the only bathroom was a port-a-potty right by our car. Another mom, Amanda, was awesome and she helped me to the car and hung out with Etta while I went to the potty (thanks again, Amanda!). Then, we blasted the a/c all the way home!
We got home at about 1:15 and I was EXHAUSTED! I changed Etta's dirty clothes and I changed out of my sweaty clothes and I put E down for a nap. She ran around her room for an hour, of course, but she eventually passed out on the floor. Once I confirmed she was asleep, I also passed out!
I woke up when Keith got back home and I told him all about how awful my morning was and how I really should have just skipped the event since he didn't go with me. Etta woke up from her nap hungry and willing to eat (YAY!). I fed her a pb&j and some other snacks and then helped Keith prep some okra for the Fry Daddy. Etta's running around in a GREAT mood now. Happy to have a full belly and be in the air conditioning.
I really do love when our DS families get together. I love visiting with my friends and meeting new families, but this was the first big event that Keith wasn't there to help watch Etta and I didn't get a chance to visit with anyone really. I thought I would be able to handle it, which is why I told him to go out to the river, but I obviously didn't handle it very well, or at all. lol. We've had a talk about it and he promises to go with me from now on (or I just won't go). ;)
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